Greenfield CC v Saddleworth CC

Sunday 26th August 2007:
3rd X1 home v Saddleworth 3rd X1 - won

Greenfield 182 for 8: J Hepworth 58, D Wood 46, L Diggle 25
Saddleworth 113: J Wood 3 for 24, J Higgins 3 for 40, A Knowles 2 for 22

Sunday 17th June 2007:
3rd X1 away v Saddleworth 3rd X1 - lost

Friday 1st June 2007:   1st X1 home v Saddleworth 1st X1 - win
                        2nd X1 away v Saddleworth 2nd X1 - win
Saturday 2nd June 2007: 1st X1 away v Saddleworth 1st X1 - win
                        2nd X1 home v Saddleworth 2nd X1 - win

Fantastic weekend for all 3 teams.
All 4 Saddleworth ties won by Greenfield, the first time that
has happened in living memory and the first team especially
won two close matches. Great performances from Jason Bennett
and Ben Johnson who completely outshone their Saddleworth counterparts.

News - Sunday 30th July 2006 - Greenfield win Moore Cup Final !!!! Third victory in last six years !!!
Richard Darby leads 2nd X1 to victory in a tight match with a tense finish in the gloomy light at 8.30pm.
The last 10 overs saw many Greenfield supporters making frequent trips to the loo as the outcome was never
certain until the winning run was scored with 9 Greenfield wickets down and 2 overs left.

Saddleworth didn't win the toss and were put into to bat. First wicket fell to Adam Hayes with 8 on the board, second wicket
at 59 to Jon Ainley. A recovery and it is the 32nd over, score at 135 for 2 when Hayes took a remarkable caught & bowled
to dismiss the dangerous Craig Lawrence for 46.
Greenfield seemed to revive at this point and wickets started to fall regularly and scoring was kept in check, Saddleworth
didn't get chance to put in the last 10 over thrash that would have seen the score well past 250.
The introduction of Woody and Sully to the bowling attack in the last 10 overs saw 4 wickets fall for 32 runs.

Greenfield bowling: A Hayes 3 for 42, G Partington 1 for 49, J Ainley 1 for 39, G Jones 0 for 39, J Wood 2 for 31,
P Sullivan 2 for 13.
Saddleworth innings: M Taylor 3, I McLean 27, C Lawrence 46, D Cuthill 34, J Chamberlain 33, R Jones 44no,
G Forrester 1, J Fish 7, P Hadfield 3, S Taylor 0, L Bayliss dnb.          226 for 8

Greenfield started badly losing both Doomer and young Gilly for 3 runs to the same shot caught by the same fielder.
6 for 2.
Ainley caught behind on 22 -  34 for 3.
In comes Adam Hayes to join Nigel Kippax at the wicket and these two steady the Greenfield rocking boat.
Saddleworth constantly appeal for lbw but the score progresses to 103 when Kippax is c & b by Cuthill.
103 for 4.
Rick McNamara is at the wicket but its Adam Hayes scoring all the runs, the score moves along to 147 when
McNamara is out for 1 run - a true anchor role!
147 for 5.
Glynn Partington strides to the wicket and proceeds to smash the ball around the ground, 32 runs in 8 scoring shots,
things are looking good when an attempted slog rises off the bat and hits him in the chin
- retired hurt for running repairs!
Paul Sullivan is at the crease when Adam Hayes (14 years old) is finally out, a knock of 76 runs, a large collection
for his 50 and a standing ovation from the crowd.
198 for 6, 31 runs needed, eight overs left.
Sully out for 13 - 204 for 7.
Richard Darby joins Woody at the crease - and Woody is bowled for 1.
210 for 8, one batsman retired hurt, fading light and Saddleworth are up for it.
Glynn (hero) Partington comes back to the crease, with a helmet on and a dressing on the chin injury that later needed
8 stitches.
Glynn carries on where he left off and scores another quick fire 11 runs and Captain Richard Darby fittingly scores
the winning run - much to the relief of all Greenfield supporters!

Greenfield 227 for 8
Man of the Match: Adam Hayes

Thanks to Katie Sullivan (known locally as 'Blue WKD' or the 'The Smirnoff Ice Maiden'
for pointing out the few errors in this report.

Fri 09/06/06
Greenfield 1st X1 237 for 7; Saddleworth 1st X1 238 for 1
B Johnson 87, M Moore 57no
A Hayes 1 for 50

Greenfield 2nd X1 185 for 4; Saddleworth 2nd X1 186 for 3
Paul Sullivan 55, R Darby 29, A Dearden 23
G Jones 1 for 26, J Mayall 1 for 29, J Wood 1 for 36

2005
26th June
3rd X1 beat Saddleworth!
Saddleworth 3rd X1 140 all out - G Farrow 4 for 46, S Padgett 3 for 22
Greenfield 3rd X1 144 for 8 - L Diggle 32, J Connolly 39, J Padgett 20.

2004 - A Tale of Two Wickets!
Friday 4th June
Greenfield 1st X1 away at Saddleworth, lost the toss & Saddleworth batted.

Good start for us with Sadd at 22 for 2 off 6 overs but unfortunately the fielding
was not up to par & danger man Peter Skuse (Pro) was dropped twice - when on
10 runs & again when on 50.
He went on to smash our bowling all over the ground finishing on 176 runs,
including 11 sixes and 16 fours!
Final score 266 for 5.
Greenfield bowling:
S Mahboob: 13 overs - 2 maidens-  96 runs - 0 wickets
M Lees: 5 overs - 1 maiden - 25 runs - 2 wickets
Ben Johnson: 17 overs - 0 maidens - 76 runs - 2 wickets
P Gill: 10 overs - 0 maidens - 51 runs - 1 wicket

We were under pressure from the start & only P Gill ( 54), J Ainley (27 no)
& J Taylor (24) offered any real resistance.
Still we didn't lose all our wickets ending up on 170 for 8.
Saddleworth win, Greenfield 5 points.

Saturday 5th June
Greenfield 1st X1 at home to Saddleworth, lost the toss & Saddleworth put us in to bat.

This time the boot was on the other foot - Gilly was the first wicket down, 34 for 1 with 8 gone.
The old firm of Chris Moore & Jon Taylor at the crease & they bat for another 12 overs until Chris
is caught out for 36 - 85 for 2.
Gaekwad is next in & an 80 run partnership in 12 overs when Jon T is out for 76 - 165 for 3.
Mabs strides to the crease intent on taking revenge for the Friday game & dishes out some of the
medicine he was given 24 hours earlier.
50 runs in 23 balls (17 mins), a total of 86 runs including 8 sixes & 6 fours - exciting stuff!
Gaekwad also batting well made 46 runs and the total soon passed 250 - then Ben Johnson
was in & hit 32 not out to take the Greenfield score to an impressive 303 for 7!

In reply Saddleworth were never really on the run rate - bit like us on Friday.

Mark Lees & Mabs took early wickets & Sadd were 59 for 4 with 14 gone - this time P Skuse
wasn't dropped, a great catch by Captain Mike Moore to dismiss the Aussie Pro.
Ben Johnson started to take wickets & Sadd were all out for 217 in 36 overs.

Greenfield bowling:
S Mahboob: 14 overs - 2 maidens-  89 runs - 3 wickets
M Lees: 11 overs - 0 maiden - 69 runs - 3 wickets
Ben Johnson: 12 overs - 1 maidens - 46 runs - 4 wickets
Greenfield win - 20 points.